1808. ] 
acloth of it would be the best for the 
purpose I can possibly suppose. The ap- 
pearance of them can never be objected 
to, as they may be made as handsome 
and as fashionable as the most dashing 
viranda in the kingdom; and in narrow 
dark streets they may be drawn up or 
down as suits the parties inside the room 
thereby answering the double purpose of 
a sun blind, and protector from the ra- 
vages of fire. Your’s, &c. 
College Hill, J. Ex:mes, Archt. 
Queen-sireet, Cheapside. 
——eE 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
M* Y additional facts with regard 
to heating by steam, have lately 
been ascertained in this neighbourhocd ; 
and the application of steam to various 
processes in manufactures, continues to 
increase, Mr. Richard Gellespie is highly 
pleased with its effects upon copper- 
plate calico printing, at his works, as 
also for heating his calehders. For this 
last purpose, and to warm his warehouse 
and counting-house, the steam is con- 
veyed to a distance of above ninety-three 
vards. 
Steam was, I believe, tried many years 
ago at Leeds, for drying goods as a sub- 
stitute for stoves ; but for some reason, of 
which I am ignorant, was abandoned. 
Mr. Lounds, at Paisley, however, has 
for a considerable time used it with great 
_ success, in drying fine muslins. Messrs. 
Leys, Mason, and. Co. now use it at their 
bleaching-works, Aberdeen. 
For drying of died yarn and pullicate 
a higher temperature than for fine muse . 
lins is required. I am glad, however, 
to have it in my power to say that 
Messrs. Muir, Brown, and Co. at their 
dyeing and bleaching works here, have 
found steam to answer that purpose much 
better than the usual mode by stoves, 
Mr. Muir informs me, that although 
they formerly gave out their pullicates to 
be bleached to some of the best bleach- 
ers in this part of the country, they 
never had their colours in the same per- 
fection which they now have, and which 
they attribute entirely to the superior 
effect of the steam. i 
It occurs to me that in many instances, 
steam might be applied for warming 
buildings in London, with great advan- 
tage ; for instance, the bed-rooms of large 
inus and hotels, as also large warehouses 
and shops, where a number of neighbour= 
Monxtuty Mac., No, 170, 
Application of Steam to various Purposes. 
513 
ing buildings might be warmed from one 
boiler, which arrangement would save 
much in attendance and fuel, as well as 
in the cost of the apparatus. 
Glasgow, Your's, &c. 
Murch, 1808. RK. Bucwanayn. 
=e 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
LampticuTeR, in the late frosty 
weather, was thrown down by the, 
ladder sliding, and he was taken to 
Bartholomew’s Hospital,hisleg dislocated, 
and his face and other parts very much 
hurt. Now, Sir, if a strong nail were put 
in the top of the ladder in a horizontal 
position, this accident could never hap- 
pen, as, when the ladder slides, the nail 
would catch the lamp-iron. 
Your's, &c. AN IMPROVER. 
== 
To the Editor of the Monthly Mugazine. 
SIR, 
i Porlohrteni in your useful publica- 
tion for July, a query respecting - 
the legacy of the late Dr. Franklm to the 
citizens of this town; I beg leave to in» 
form your Correspondent, that this, like 
other public donations, hag in some in- 
stances, been neglected, and some losses 
have taken place. 
Yor some years, while a municipal of 
ficer of this town, I was treasurer. to that 
fund. It is now in the hands of P. 
Thacker, esq. 
There have been nearly 140 loans, and 
the ‘amountof the fund at this day is 
nearly 8,400 dollars. Your's, &c. 
Boston, Massachusetts, RS. 
January 13, 1808. . 
te 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N reply to your Correspondent Mr. 
Davis, Eastham, Worcestershire, p. 
$16, for Nov. 1807, who wishes to know 
“‘ the cause of liquor, &c. turning ropy, 
or glutinous, and unfit for use,”—I have 
to observe, that porter, ale, beer, cream, 
milk, &c. will turn ropy and useless, on 
being thunderslain. Thunder will affect 
liquor whilst in the tun, or hogshead, but 
I never lost any in bottles. To prevent 
thunder affecting liquor, it is customary 
to put a common iron nail, about three 
inches long, into each cask, previous to g, 
thunder-storm; and at the brewery, a 
fie: horse 
